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U.S. Department of State — Brazil
\n<\/strong> http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/35640.htm<\/a>
\nThe U.S. State Department’s official assessment of current conditions in the Federative Republic of Brazil.<\/p>\n

CIA Factbook — Brazil
\n<\/strong> https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/cia\/publications\/factbook\/geos\/br.html<\/a>
\nThe current assessment of Brazil’s geography, economy, politics, and culture from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.<\/p>\n

Library of Congress Country Study — Brazil
\n<\/strong> http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/brazil\/<\/a>
\nA comprehensive description and analysis of Brazil’s history, geography, society, economy, political system, and foreign policy from the Library of Congress.<\/p>\n

The Embassy of Brazil in London
\n<\/strong> http:\/\/www.brazil.org.uk\/<\/a>
\nThe Web site of the Brazilian Embassy in London includes information about Brazil’s cultural history, economy, government, and more.<\/p>\n

FINANCIAL TIMES
\n<\/strong> http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/6d42ae3a-110b-11db-9a72-0000779e2340.html<\/a>
\nThe transcipt of a July 2006 FINANCIAL TIMES interview with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva.<\/p>\n

Amnesty International
\n<\/strong> http:\/\/web.amnesty.org\/library\/Index\/ENGAMR190072006?open&of=ENG-BRA <\/a>
\nA special AI report on human rights abuses by Brazilian police forces inside the favelas, “‘We have come to take your souls’: the caveir\u00e3o and policing in Rio de Janeiro.”<\/p>\n

Human Rights Watch
\n<\/strong> http:\/\/hrw.org\/doc\/?t=americas&c=brazil<\/a>
\nA listing of recent findings and reports on human rights in Brazil by Human Rights Watch.<\/p>\n

COUNTERPUNCH
\n<\/strong> http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/lula07262003.html <\/a>
\nLink to “The Brazil Experiment — Democracy Requires Social Justice,” an article written by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva for THE GUARDIAN and COUNTERPUNCH in July 2003.<\/p>\n

THE ECONOMIST — Brazil Country Profile
\n<\/strong> http:\/\/www.economist.com\/countries\/Brazil\/ <\/a>
\nIncludes recent news articles, commentary, a country profile, currency converter and links to other Web sites.<\/p>\n

COMMANDING HEIGHTS — Brazil Report
\n<\/strong> http:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wgbh\/commandingheights\/lo\/countries\/br\/br_overview.html <\/a>
\nAn economic profile of Brazil made by the PBS series COMMANDING HEIGHTS: THE BATTLE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY.<\/p>\n

Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)
\n<\/strong> http:\/\/www.bndes.gov.br\/english\/ <\/a>
\nThe Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econ\u00f4mico e Social (BNDES) is a federal public company that is associated with the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. BNDES finances long-term development projects; its Web site contains technical information about the Brazilian economy.<\/p>\n

Brazilink
\n<\/strong> http:\/\/www.brazilink.org\/<\/a>
\nBrazilink is a website dedicated to connecting people, information and ideas on Brazil.<\/p>\n

Brazil News
\n<\/strong> http:\/\/www.brazilnews.com\/ <\/a>
\nA daily compilation of news stories about Brazil from numerous media sources.<\/p>\n

Brazzil Magazine
\n<\/strong> http:\/\/www.brazzil.com\/<\/a>
\nAn English-language magazine dealing with Brazilian politics, economics, music, tourism, ecology and culture in general. Published in the U.S.<\/p>\n

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
\n<\/strong> http:\/\/www.umanitoba.ca\/institutes\/disaster_research\/brazil\/intro.html<\/a>
\nThe findings and recommendations from a team of students at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, who conducted a four-month project on community mobilization in the favela of Cachoeira in Campina Grande, Brazil.<\/p>\n

Brazil, the Land of Football
\n<\/strong> http:\/\/www.netvasco.com.br\/mauroprais\/futbr\/index_en.html <\/a>
\nA Web site about soccer in Brazil — includes national team statistics and a history of soccer in Brazil, as well as links to the Web sites of Brazilian club teams.<\/p>\n

FIFA World Cup 2006 Brazil page
\n<\/strong> http:\/\/fifaworldcup.yahoo.com\/06\/en\/w\/team\/overview.html?team=bra <\/a>
\nAn archive of player profiles, statistics, game summaries, and photos from the 2006 World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

U.S. Department of State — Brazil http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/35640.htm The U.S. State Department’s official assessment of current conditions in the Federative Republic of Brazil. CIA Factbook — Brazil https:\/\/www.cia.gov\/cia\/publications\/factbook\/geos\/br.html The current assessment of Brazil’s geography, economy, politics, and culture from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Library of Congress Country Study — Brazil http:\/\/countrystudies.us\/brazil\/ A comprehensive description and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[733,1567],"class_list":["post-1903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-brazil","tag-rio-de-janeiro"],"yoast_head":"\nRansom City ~ Resources | Wide Angle | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ransom City ~ Resources | Wide Angle | PBS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"U.S. Department of State — Brazil http:\/\/www.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ei\/bgn\/35640.htm The U.S. State Department’s official assessment of current conditions in the Federative Republic of Brazil. 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